cosmic microwave background

English

Alternative forms

CMB (initialism)

Etymology

It was originally called the primeval fireball.

Noun

cosmic microwave background (uncountable)

(astronomy) Faint thermal radiation that pervades all space and is thought to be the remnants of the big bang, produced during the epoch of recombination.

Synonyms

CMB/CμB
CMWB/CμWB
cosmic microwave background radiation (CMBR/CMWBR/CμBR/CμWBR)

Derived terms

CMB
CMWB
CμB
CμWB

Related terms

cosmic gravity-wave background / cosmic gravitywave background / cosmic gravity wave background (CGWB/CGB)
cosmic infrared background (CIRB/CIB)
cosmic neutrino background (CNB/CvB/CνB)

Translations

Translations

Finnish: kosminen taustasäteily, avaruuden taustasäteily
French: fond diffus cosmologique (fr) m
Polish: mikrofalowe promieniowanie tła n

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